Quotes About Representation

I always want to tell the truth. It doesn't have to be a pretty truth, and it doesn't have to be a life-changing and life-threatening truth like 'Chi-Raq.' But I want to tell someone's truth in an effort to inspire people to see themselves reflected on the screen.

We need to reach out to more Canadians to show them that they could see themselves reflected in our party.

We're 50 per cent of the population so it's appropriate we're reflected everywhere as people who take part in society in a really proactive way - that women aren't just reactive, they're out there doing stuff.

I wish that I had seen myself more reflected on TV when I was growing up, and I think a lot of people feel that way.

Canada's only becoming more diverse. And that still isn't sufficiently reflected in our in our political culture.

For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back.

Politicians always think they know what people feel. It's a fallacy, because there is no such thing as 'the people.' It is a discursive device for summoning the people that you want. You're constructing the people, you're not reflecting the people.

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that didn't exist - but I knew black doctors. And I knew black lawyers. And I knew families that, you know, had a mother and a father and kids that were well-behaved.

There's so much diversity on TV. It's actually reflecting American culture.

I was so involved in my own life I wasn't even aware of what was happening in the outside world, but as I got older I was constantly reflecting back on my own teenagehood and feeling like I hadn't been represented.

But, Superstore has always done an amazing job of reflecting real life situations and challenges.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.

Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.

Our work should be a reflection of society, and if you're not concerned with including all of society, then I don't really know what you're doing making art in the first place.

Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.

I think people in the U.K. should be concerned about the under-representation of BAME actors in TV and Film, because it is an incorrect reflection of our society.

When you're trying to inspire individuals across the country, you have to have a reflection that people can see themselves in.

Television is a sort of mirror of society, but for me, I never saw my reflection in it. Which makes it quite difficult afterwards to open up all the imaginative possibilities.

We need diversity onscreen. We need to be moving in that direction, because that's a reflection of the world that we're living in today.

The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted.

You cannot possibly be reaching the needs of your consumers when the makeup of your company is not reflective of the community you serve.

I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what stories are you going to want to tell? You're going to want to tell stories about yourself.

You should be reflective of the world you live in.